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S I L A S P A L M E REXPERIENCE
2012Present API Bayswater, VIC (AU)
PHP (Magento) Developer
Worked on priceline.com.au (integration ofMagento and Concrete
5) and a b2b orderingsite to process 70K+ orders per month, for an
ASX-listed public company.
Workflow included Git(b2b), Svn(priceline.com.au), Netbeans,
Xdebug, Stash, Jira,Confluence, plus Vim, Soap-UI.Photoshop and
Gimp.
Highlights include customising a SOLR config, an order queue
system (auto-retry, report faion x retries), ajax preloading,
updates and validation (jQuery), custom modules, observersand
rewrites for orders, order history, returns, multi-user /
multi-pharmacy usemanagement, and other bespoke enhancements. .
20112012 Balance Internet Fitzroy, VIC (AU)
Developer
Frontend and Backend developer contributing to a number of
leading Magento websitesincluding Clark Rubber, Witchery, Mimco,
Beacon Lighting, Aussie Disposals, YMCAand others.
Gained Magento Certification:
seehttp://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/directory/dev/344948/
Used Git (version control), Vim / Sublime 2 / eclipse (editing)
across PC, Mac and Linux(Centos / Ubuntu) platforms.
Jira and Confluence for agile project tracking and
documentation. 2 week sprints.
Worked withjQuery, prototype, Zend framework(PHP / MySQL)
Tasks included integrations with accounting software and loyalty
programmes, ebay storeintegration, product import / export,
theming, functionality customization, cross-browsetesting and
debugging.
Set up dedicated servers, load testing and balancing, optimized
magento with Varnish /Nginx, PHP-FPM and Percona MySQL. Our 2
server load-balanced config could handleover 1500 concurent users /
second.
20032011 Bio Concepts Pty Ltd Brisbane, QLD (AU)
IT Manager
Created PHP / MySQL site to handle customer enquiries, seminar
registration, andmanagement of product information and educational
content.
Migrated server from W2K SBS to LAMP stack w- auto remote rsync
backups.
20022011 Various Brisbane, QLD (AU)
Freelance Web Designer
Used a variety of PHP / MySQL based CMS and systems including
Xoops, Joomla, WordpressDrupal, PHPList and Zen Cart, as well as
purely hand-coded sites.
Set up social media and email marketing campaigns, usilising
FBML (Facebook), andaggregation tools.
20002002 Morton Music Pty Ltd Brisbane, QLD (AU)
Website Maintainence Assistant Responsible for ongoing web
maintainence (ASP)
Liased with US warehouse to fulfil website orders / manage stock
levels.
EDUCATION
2012 Magento Certified DeveloperMelbourne, VIC (AU) One of only
6 in Australia ( June 2012). See
http://www.magentocommerce.com/certification/directory/?
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